Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal
Adoptions of improved technologies and production practices are important drivers of agricultural development in low-income countries like Nepal. There are still knowledge gaps concerning what determines the adoption of different types of technologies and practices, how information about them is dif...
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| author | Kumar, Anjani Takeshima, Hiroyuki Adhikari, Naveen Thapa, Ganesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar Karkee, Madhab |
| author_browse | Adhikari, Naveen Joshi, Pramod Kumar Karkee, Madhab Kumar, Anjani Takeshima, Hiroyuki Thapa, Ganesh |
| author_facet | Kumar, Anjani Takeshima, Hiroyuki Adhikari, Naveen Thapa, Ganesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar Karkee, Madhab |
| author_sort | Kumar, Anjani |
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| description | Adoptions of improved technologies and production practices are important drivers of agricultural development in low-income countries like Nepal. There are still knowledge gaps concerning what determines the adoption of different types of technologies and practices, how information about them is diffused, and what general impacts the interventions promoting them are having. In this paper we partly close the gap, using data collected for evaluations of the Knowledge-Based Integrated Sustainable Agriculture in Nepal (KISAN) project led by USAID. We find that factors important to increasing the adoption of improved technologies and practices include improved access to markets, the role of the private sector in selling improved seeds and disseminating information, membership in progressive farmers’ groups and cooperative societies, participation in agricultural training and farm visits, the provision of subsidies for seeds, and access to credit. Different factors are also found to affect the sources that farmers use for gathering information before adoption. The effects of KISAN projects vary significantly across the different crops grown, based on the evaluation models that address self-selection of both project participation and crop choices. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1470092025-11-06T07:25:04Z Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal Kumar, Anjani Takeshima, Hiroyuki Adhikari, Naveen Thapa, Ganesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar Karkee, Madhab poisson's equation agricultural practices agricultural training capacity development diffusion of information market access innovation adoption private sector agricultural cooperatives probit analysis credit Adoptions of improved technologies and production practices are important drivers of agricultural development in low-income countries like Nepal. There are still knowledge gaps concerning what determines the adoption of different types of technologies and practices, how information about them is diffused, and what general impacts the interventions promoting them are having. In this paper we partly close the gap, using data collected for evaluations of the Knowledge-Based Integrated Sustainable Agriculture in Nepal (KISAN) project led by USAID. We find that factors important to increasing the adoption of improved technologies and practices include improved access to markets, the role of the private sector in selling improved seeds and disseminating information, membership in progressive farmers’ groups and cooperative societies, participation in agricultural training and farm visits, the provision of subsidies for seeds, and access to credit. Different factors are also found to affect the sources that farmers use for gathering information before adoption. The effects of KISAN projects vary significantly across the different crops grown, based on the evaluation models that address self-selection of both project participation and crop choices. 2018-12-20 2024-06-21T09:10:23Z 2024-06-21T09:10:23Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147009 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104621 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134191 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kumar, Anjani; Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Adhikari, Naveen; Thapa, Ganesh; Joshi, Pramod Kumar; and Karkee, Madhab. 2018. Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1781. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147009 |
| spellingShingle | poisson's equation agricultural practices agricultural training capacity development diffusion of information market access innovation adoption private sector agricultural cooperatives probit analysis credit Kumar, Anjani Takeshima, Hiroyuki Adhikari, Naveen Thapa, Ganesh Joshi, Pramod Kumar Karkee, Madhab Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal |
| title | Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal |
| title_full | Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal |
| title_short | Adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture: Insights from a donor-led intervention in Nepal |
| title_sort | adoption and diffusion of improved technologies and production practices in agriculture insights from a donor led intervention in nepal |
| topic | poisson's equation agricultural practices agricultural training capacity development diffusion of information market access innovation adoption private sector agricultural cooperatives probit analysis credit |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147009 |
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